| Type | work | bureau |
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| Year / years | 2002 | 1919-1950 |
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| Place | Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland |
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| Place context | Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Representative site: Reykjavík, Reykjavík, Iceland |
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| Climate | 18°C · 11.4h daylight · 6 km/h wind | 5°C · 15.9h daylight · 5 km/h wind · via Christ the King Cathedral (Reykjavík) |
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| Focus | Public square canopy and urban intervention | 5 works in corpus |
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| Architects | | |
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| Linked context | Bureaus - Paulo Mendes da Rocha Arquitetos
| Notable works - Christ the King Cathedral (Reykjavík)
- Akureyrarkirkja
- Hallgrímskirkja
- National Theatre of Iceland
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| Typologies | - public space
- urban intervention
- civic infrastructure
| - church
- sacred space
- cathedral
- religious building
- landmark
- theatre
- cultural building
- civic building
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| Materials | | |
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| Carbon signals | Concrete and Steel look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. | Concrete, Glass, and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. |
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| Lower-carbon levers | - Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
- Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
| - Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
- Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
- Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
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| Accessibility | Publicly accessible | 4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible |
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| Related books | No linked books yet. | No linked books yet. |
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